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Love Jesus, Hate Church Episodes - | 056 - Religious Affections, Part 1 | Preparing for the End:
Do you remember Jonathan Edwards?
Yeah, the guy who sang, "Sunshine."
Uh, no. Same name, wrong guy.
What Jonathan Edwards are you talking about?
I'm talking about Jonathan Edwards of the Great Awakening fame. The Jonathan Edwards who, on July 8th, 1741, preached "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." You know, the Jonathan Edwards who wrote Religious Affections back in 1746. Do you remember that Jonathan Edwards?
If you don't, you should. | to send to friends | Download 056 - Religious Affections, Part 1 | Play in Popup.
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| 053 - Satanic Attacks on the Early Church | Preparing for the End: You could hear their voices, those who cried out from under the altar, those who have been slain because of the word of God and for the testimony of the Lord they had maintained. Their cry and their question was simple.
"How long, O Lord? How long will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"
The answer? Sobering. Frightening.
As the church strove for unity, the enemy tried to bury her in the ground. Just like he continues to do today.
That ugly, ignorant jerk!
But the church has a secret weapon... and, unlike us today, they weren't afraid to use it. They weren't afraid to go nuclear, as we say.
Ever wonder what that secret weapon was? Ever wonder how we can recapture some of the power and awe of the early church? Ever wonder "what the heck is going on" on Sunday?
Stay tuned and listen... | to send to friends | Download 053 - Satanic Attacks on the Early Church | Play in Popup.
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| 052 - The End of Pride | The Revelation:
Some of the most chilling words in all of the Revelation... at least up to this point.
"And the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see or hear nor walk; and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts."
Pretty dang stupid, if you ask me. | to send to friends | Download 052 - The End of Pride | Play in Popup.
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| 050 - A Minister of Reconciliation | Preparing for the End:
A couple of days in Nashville for the Gospel Music Association (GMA) and I feel like a new man. And it had nothing to do with the music, the artists, the seminars, or even the six meals per day we ate or the 50 bands or so we saw.
No, it had everything to do with the Lord speaking to me about a ministry I had misplaced. Actually, I had lost it. He helped me find my lost ministry of reconciliation.
And it has rocked my world! | to send to friends | Download 050 - A Minister of Reconciliation | Play in Popup.
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| 045 - Praying for Vengeance... with a Vengeance! | The Revelation:
James says, the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. But, what kind of prayer is he talking about?
Just think, the prayer of Revelation 6 becomes the judgment of Revelation 8. Oh, forgot what that prayer was, did you?
How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?
Revelation 6:10
In other words, party time!
Doesn't sound much like our Wednesday night prayer meeting kind of prayers, does it? | to send to friends | Download 045 - Praying for Vengeance... with a Vengeance! | Play in Popup.
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| 044 - Drapes, Darkness and Dead Guys | Preparing for the End
Can I get a witness? shouts the house.
Sure. How 'bout this...
Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many.
Matthew 27:45, 50-53
Don't get no better than that! | to send to friends | Download 044 - Drapes, Darkness and Dead Guys | Play in Popup.
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| 042 - The Sands of Iwo Jima | Preparing for the End
Often our spiritual life can be compared to a John Wayne movie.
Oh, really?
Yeah, really.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:3-5
Sounds like the battle of Iwo Jima to me. | to send to friends | Download 042 - The Sands of Iwo Jima | Play in Popup.
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| 041 - Radical Christian Living | The Acts!
The Acts record the church life of the early church as being radically different than church life today. Consider, for example...
And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
You know, that's pretty radical living!
Can I trust you enough to live that way? Or, if I do, am I going to end up abused, forgotten, abandoned and alone?
Good question. You got a good answer? | to send to friends | Download 041 - Radical Christian Living | Play in Popup.
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| 040 - No "Psychobabble Rap" Found Here | The Acts!
You know, all this preaching on the selfish "felt needs" of fallen man gets a little old, especially when you compare it to the preaching of Peter in the book of Acts.
Sounds, as Alan Parsons would say, "like psychobabble rap to me."
I don't know why I'm scared of the lightning
Trying to reach me
Help me to find what I don't wanna know
You're taking me there but I don't wanna go
I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me
Psychobabble all psychobabble
Psychobabble all psychobabble
I don't care it's all psychobabble rap to me | to send to friends | Download 040 - No "Psychobabble Rap" Found Here | Play in Popup.
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| 039 - "Who are those guys?" | The Acts!
Just a couple of quick quotes from the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
Butch Cassidy: Ah, you're wasting your time. They can't track us over rocks.
Sundance Kid: Tell them that.
Butch Cassidy: (after looking for himself) Who are those guys?
Butch Cassidy: (about the trackers following them) I couldn't do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys?
Sundance Kid: Hey, Butch?
Butch Cassidy: What?
Sundance Kid: They're very good. | to send to friends | Download 039 - "Who are those guys?" | Play in Popup.
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| 038 - Trick or Treat | The Revelation!
I know it's very unpopular to talk about the two, dual natures of God. You know, His mercy side and His wrath side.
That's right, wrath.
The wrath of God.
And the wrath of the Lamb.
Remember, from the Revelation...
"Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?"
Won't hear about His wrath on TBN, will you? | to send to friends | Download 038 - Trick or Treat | Play in Popup.
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| 033 - The Bait and Switch | The Revelation!
"You ain't never seen nuthin' like the presto-chango, big Lion to the little Lamb, bing, bang, boom thing, that ol' John saw. No sir. It take yo' bref away."
Excuse me?
"Oh, yea. It say that John saw a Lamb as if slain when he spose to be seein' a Lion or a Root or somtin' like dat. It be outta 'dis world! It be like a Houdini or somethin'. Really powerful." | to send to friends | Download 033 - The Bait and Switch | Play in Popup.
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| 032 - Time, Times and Half-Time | The Revelation!
How many ways can the Bible teach us about the same thing?
For example...
Daniel calls it "time, times and half time" and the "middle of the 70th week."
John in the Revelation refers to it as "42 months" and later as "1,260 days."
Jesus calls it the Great Tribulation... and it's right on our doorstep.
What is? The 3 1/2 year period known as the Great Tribulation, that's what.
"Ain't you been reading the papers or watching the news? What, you been raised in a barn?" | to send to friends | Download 032 - Time, Times and Half-Time | Play in Popup.
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| 031 - John, Paul, George and Ringo... Not! | The Revelation!
Let's see,
"She loves you, yeah, yeah, yeah!"
or...
"Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come."
Wow. Some difference.
The Fab Four, the Mop Tops, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band... or the Four Living Creatures before the throne.
Geez. This deserves a bit more investigation. | to send to friends | Download 031 - John, Paul, George and Ringo... Not! | Play in Popup.
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| 026 - Ivan Drago: "You're Dead!" | The Revelation!
Remember Ivan Drago, the Russian boxing machine in Rocky III? Sure you do. Do you remember his chilling words to Apollo Creed and the Italian Stallion?
To Apollo, right before their first fight, "I must break you." Then, to Rocky, at the beginning of their last and final round, "You're dead."
Chilling words. Kinda like what the Lord said to the church at Sardis. Really. No lie.
Why don't we take a look at them together. | to send to friends | Download 026 - Ivan Drago: "You're Dead!" | Play in Popup.
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| 025 - The Downside of Love | The Revelation!
"Downside? What downside?" you ask. "How can there be a downside to love?"
Simple. Sometimes love, if wrongly focused, can turn into misplaced loyalty... uh, which almost always leads to a profound tolerance of sin. And just think, we do all this under the guise of "love".
Does that seem harsh to you? Maybe heartless? A bit intolerant?
Well, it is. And it comes from the very lips of the Lord.
Tune in to find out more... | to send to friends | Download 025 - The Downside of Love | Play in Popup.
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| 022 - Remember, Repent and Return... or Else! | The Revelation!
This from the Didache (AD 50-70) and deals with the subject of false prophets and apostles. It is like a policy manual for the early church:
Welcome every apostle on arriving, as if he were the Lord. But he must not stay beyond one day. In case of necessity, however, the next day also. If he stays three days, he is a false prophet. On departing, an apostle must not accept anything save sufficient food to carry him till his next lodging. If he asks for money, he is a false prophet.
Kinda puts TBN in a bad light, doesn't it? | to send to friends | Download 022 - Remember, Repent and Return... or Else! | Play in Popup.
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| 021 - Dropped Like a Bag of Rocks! | The Revelation!
Listen to the words of John when he turned to see Jesus for the first time in 60 years...
"When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man."
And all this from the lips of one who was known as the disciple Jesus loved. The very one who placed his head on Jesus' breast at the Last Supper and asked, "Who is it Lord? Who will betray You?"
Kinda makes us seem somewhat flippant, doesn't it? Stay tuned and find out. | to send to friends | Download 021 - Dropped Like a Bag of Rocks! | Play in Popup.
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| 018 - Behold, He is on the Way! | The Revelation!
That's right. He's not just coming. He's on the way!
Know this first of all, that (when) in the last days (what) mockers will come with their mocking, (why) following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." - 1 Peter 3:3-4
May I simply say...uh, like not! | to send to friends | Download 018 - Behold, He is on the Way! | Play in Popup.
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| 017 - Who Was, Who Is and Who is to Come | The Revelation!
Breathe deep and remember...
You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me. - John 5:39
For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | to send to friends | Download 017 - Who Was, Who Is and Who is to Come | Play in Popup.
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| 016 - The Revelation - An Unveiling of Christ | The Revelation!
You've got to be kidding! We were never to read the Revelation. Never! Why, you ask. Because it was mystical, cryptic, puzzling and kind of scary. In fact, as kids we were all warned by our Sunday school teachers, an old, solemn man with a Vincent Price look about him, to never read the Revelation alone, or at night, or on the third Tuesday of May every other leap year.
If we did, we could go blind or crazy or even worse... we could end up wearing our whitie-tighties on the outside of our pants. Arrgh!
That thought still keeps me up late at night. | to send to friends | Download 016 - The Revelation - An Unveiling of Christ | Play in Popup.
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| 015 - The Last of a Dying Breed | Every Saturday afternoon when I was a kid: John Wayne, in Technicolor, bigger than life!
He always stood for what was right, just, strong, and I guess, oh, just plain manly.
On Sunday mornings, however, I never seemed to find a John Wayne type of figure in my church. You know, God's man that stood for what was right, just, and strong.
Ever wonder why?
You know, there are still some men of God out there that say what needs to be said and who live to please their Lord. They, I guess, are those I look up to... my spiritual heroes.
Wanna meet one... | to send to friends | Download 015 - The Last of a Dying Breed | Play in Popup.
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| 013 - One Way or Another... | It is amazing how close we think we can get to the edge of sin and still wonder why we struggle with our flesh.
Like, duh! Like, how stupid is that!
And, sadly, the church reflects that struggle, compounded by the millions. Do we really think we can "claim to have fellowship with the light and yet walk in darkness" and believe that Jesus is OK with that? Ugh.
Stay tuned and find out... | to send to friends | Download 013 - One Way or Another... | Play in Popup.
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| 012 - Made it, Ma! Top of the World! | "'Come out with your hands up,' the man says. How do ya like that, Ma? Here's my answer, ya dirty..."
He fires his tommy-gun at the police.
"That was Cody Jarrett talking! They think they've got Cody Jarrett. They haven't got Cody Jarrett. You hear? They haven't got him. And I wanna show ya. They haven't got him. Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"
No, actually wrong. Big-time wrong.
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